NCR to enter payments arena with acquisition of JetPay

October 25, 2018

NCR Corp. has announced a definitive agreement to acquire Allentown, Pennsylvania-based JetPay, a provider of end-to-end payment processing and human capital…

Apptizer intros Order.Eat.Pay

October 19, 2018

Apptizer, a Silicon Valley based provider of order-ahead storefront technology for self-service mobile and kiosk implementations, has introduced Order.Eat.Pay…

ETouchMenu strikes up strategic partnership with Ingenico

October 19, 2018

ETouchMenu, a subsidiary of House Advantage LLC, has announced a strategic partnership with Ingenico Group that leverages the technology firm's mobile…

Kiosk Group Inc. names Alan Mischler president

October 18, 2018

Kiosk Group, Inc. has named Alan Mischler as president and chief executive officer, succeeding Mike James, founder, who will now serve as the company’s…

Meridian names two to engineering and production, promotes Jordan as operations director

October 18, 2018

Meridian recently welcomed two leaders to its engineering and production teams. Eric Frank will serve as Meridian's new engineering manager and Ricardo…

What drives hardware providers' expansion into software?

by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times

Kiosk hardware providers find that they can exercise more control over the execution of their projects by providing their own software, one of several benefits…

Signagelive platform update adds interactive kiosk mode for BrightSign media players

October 17, 2018

Signagelive has deployed a new interactive kiosk mode feature for all BrightSign Series 3 and Series 4 players, and Bluefin BrightSign built-In solutions…

TNS Further Targets Unattended and eCommerce Payments with ADVAM Acquisition

October 16, 2018 – Transaction Network Services (TNS) announces it has agreed to acquire unattended and eCommerce payments specialist ADVAM in a transaction…

TNS to acquire unattended payments provider Advam

October 16, 2018

Transaction Network Services has agreed to acquire Advam, a payments specialist in the unattended and e-commerce payments segments. The acquisition will allow…

Special report: Kiosk hardware players add more software offerings

by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times

Kiosk Marketplace recently surveyed hardware companies to find out how many have made the expansion and what software features they are offering.

Kiosk Software Functions per Company

Kiosk Marketplace recently surveyed hardware companies to find out how many have made the expansion and what software features they are offering.

EyeLock completes integration with Genetec access control platform

October 4, 2018

EyeLock LLC, a provider of iris-based identity authentication solutions, has completed an integration with the Genetec Security Center Synergis access control…

Global Payments acquiring Sicom for $415M

October 1, 2018

Global Payments Inc., a provider of payment technology and software solutions, is acquiring Sicom Systems from LLR Partners for $415 million. Sicom provides an…

Meridian introduces self-service locker software solution

October 1, 2018

Photo courtesy of Meridian Meridian has expanded its software offerings to include a software platform for mBOX, its self-service automated locker…

Chinese technology firms develop facial recognition for hotel check-in and payment

September 28, 2018

Shiji Group, a network solutions provider for hotels, working with Fliggy, the travel service of Alibaba, has integrated facial recognition for hotel check-in…

ETouch Menu teams with NCR reseller for POS systems in Hawaii

September 27, 2018

ETouchMenu, a wholly owned subsidiary of House Advantage LLC, has teamed with CompuTant, Hawaii's only certified NCR reseller for independent and multi-unit…

UK airport ransomware attack proves need for improved digital security

by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times

Digital screens that go into kiosk mode are easy targets for ransomware attacks. "Whitelisting" is one technique that can reduce the likelihood of a successful…

Self-serve kiosks call for protection against hackers

With the rapid addition of internet-connected technologies that touch the same network as the point-of-sale system, new opportunities for credit card data…

Micro markets versus vending banks by the numbers —  an operator's perspective

by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times

While the micro market saves nearly $14,000 in upfront investment over a traditional vending bank, it will deliver an average $1,000 in monthly sales for a…

Technology Association of Georgia names Banyan Hills Technologies exec to 'Game Changers' list

September 7, 2018

The Technology Association of Georgia has named Steve Latham, founder and chief executive officer of  Banyan Hills Technologies, to its 2018 "IoT/Cloud…